This is the life

7

"Meredith? I'm here to clean out your wounds." Callie said as she entered Meredith's room

"Hmm?" Meredith frowned, lifting her head up as she was completely exhausted

"Oh, I'm sorry for waking you up." She said but Meredith placed her head down again

Callie examined Meredith's leg, noticing her skin was red and warm, showing early signs of an infection. She decided to quickly start Meredith on a bunch of antibiotics, which would probably keep her from starting physical therapy. She decided to keep the bandages off and cleaned the whole thing, resplinting Meredith's leg carefully while the blonde was asleep, often whimpering a little

"I'll be back in a few hours." Callie said and left

"Mer sweetie.." Richard walked inside, seeing his daughter's eyes closed

"Dad?" She looked up but her heart stopped as she saw Ellis as well. "M-Mom.."

"What the hell did she do this time?" Ellis asked Richard

"She was hurt, let's say hi to Meredith." Richard said, moving closer, not noticing how Meredith visibly tensed up

"D-Dad-" Meredith really didn't want her mother tl see her like this

"She's okay now, but it will be quite a recovery." Richard explained to Ellis who seemed to be quiet and calm

"I'm fine, dad." Meredith muttered, not daring to face her mother

"What does her chart say?" Ellis demanded, completely in doctor mode

"She broke her left arm, her left leg and some vertebrae." Richard explained. "They removed her spleen as well."

"This isn't a general case anymore, why would you bother me, Richard?" She crossed her arms

Meredith struggled to lift her blanket over herself, Grace frowning in her arms

"Gwandpa?" Grace looked up at Richard

"It's our little Mer, Ellis." He tried again

"Meredith? What happened?" Ellis frowned

"She was hit by a car during work." He tried to explain again

"Can she never just behave? She's always causing trouble!" Ellis raised her voice which caused Meredith to shut down completely

"I wish she had died!" Ellis said harshly

"Momma?!" Grace clutched onto Meredith, accidentally hurting her

"Enough! Please leave!" Meredith said, her voice shaking

"MerMer, you know she doesn't mean it like that." Richard tried

"What's happening here?!" Derek ran inside as some nurses had paged him. He saw tears streaming down his wife's face

"It's okay." Richard quickly said, reaching for Ellis' hand

"Leave me alone, Richard! I should have never gotten her, she's a waste of my time!" Ellis said loudly

"Out! Now!" Derek yelled, standing in between his family and Ellis

"This is our daughter!" Richard raised his voice

Meredith tried to move herself, she wanted to escape this room, she just couldn't deal with it anymore

"Either you leave now or I'll take her to another hospital and you won't see her at all!" Derek gritted between his teeth, Grace now also crying as she noticed something was really wrong

"You don't have any right to yell at me!" Ellis stepped closer to Derek

"Take. Her. Out." Derek told Richard

"Come on, Ellis. Let's go have some coffee." He sighed

"I have to perform a surgery." Ellis stated

"Sure Ellie.." Richard sighed and took her out

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I wasn't here." Derek pulled both his girls in his arms though careful with Meredith who wasn't allowed to move

"Daddy-" Grace sobbed

"All is okay now, I'm sorry that happened."

"Why she wants momma to die? Momma's not gonna die, wight?" Grace was terrified

"Momma's not gonna die, of course not. Mommy's gonna stay with us and I bet uncle Mark is on the way with ice cream." Derek nodded, while comforting his daughter he notices how Meredith is just staring ahead of her

He grabbed her hand and saw how she flinched

"Mer, you know what she's saying.. it's complete bullshit!" Derek said, really upset with Richard and Ellis

"I wanna go home Derek.." Meredith whimpered, nothing like the woman he knew

"Soon. Soon." He nodded, at this point he'd do everything to get her home, even if he would have to hire private doctors

Meredith flinched again as she heard someone knocking on the door, terrified her mother would be back

"Sorry- I- You asked me to get ice cream?" Mark said, frowning as he saw Meredith and Grace had been crying

"Thanks, I'll explain later." Derek quietly said, taking the ice cream and returning to his wife and daughter

"It will all be okay, I'll make sure this won't happen again." Derek nodded, wanting to hug his wife extra tight but knowing damn well it was impossible due to Meredith's bad spinal issues

"Der.. my back.." Meredith whimpered weakly

"I'll reposition you." He nodded and lifted Grace out of the way, then helping Meredith to sit up better without hurting her back but she still let out some weak whimpers due to being very uncomfortable "Better?"

"I guess." She muttered and grabbed a spoon, Derek holding her ice cream in his hand

"I'm sorry for not being here." Derek kissed her head carefully

"Yummy!" Grace smiled, making both her parents smile weakly